Saturday, August 20, 2011

CERTAIN AND UNCERTAIN

Certain I am Yours and You are mine;
uncertain what all that means or
what to do with it.

Certain my life is in mission;
uncertain how that plays out
from this point forward.

Certain of what I’ve learned and
experienced
formally and informally,
by study and serendipity,
by blessing and curse,
readily and hard-headedly;
uncertain how what I’ve learned
and experienced thus far
serves the future.

Certain of my love for family and
friends;
uncertain as we now scatter more than
gather amid complexity how I will
convey love’s depths.

Certain of my capacities and gifts
ever developing, still maturing;
uncertain when or how or where
they will yet root, grow and bloom.

Certain the greatest work of my life
lies ahead;
uncertain of its nature or acceptability or usefulness
to You, Your people, Your world.

Whatever of my certainties that are
misshapen
or vain, o Potter, remold, reframe.
Whatever of my uncertainties that float on fear,
founded or unfounded, untangle, free.

Certain
and uncertain, by faith
I stand with You and with my neighbors
in respectful, creative relationships,
ready now to be and do what is responsible
in love’s eyes.

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John Franklin Hay

John Franklin Hay, M.Div., D.Min., Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. Executive Director - Near East Area Renewal (NEAR) // Adjunct Faculty - Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs (IUPUI) // Pastor, East Tenth United Methodist Church // community and cycling advocate

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